Daily Murli for Sunday 23 August 2026

अब ab

Now.

अभ्यास abhyās

Practice, exercise, habituation, frequent repetition of a thing in order to fix it on the memory.

अचानक achānak

All of a sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly.

अच्छा achchhā

Good.
Well.
All right, well done.
So long.

आधारमूर्त ādhārmūrt

Image or idol of support.
(Hinduism) Hindus worship an image or idol, which gives them support in their life.
(Bābā) We ourselves can be those living images or idols on which the souls who cross our path receive support in their life.

अधिक adhik

More, much, many, plenty, surplus, abundant.
More, the most, -er, -est (used in comparatives or superlatives).

अधिकार adhikār

Right, authority, command, possession, occupation, entitlement.

अधिकारी adhikārī

Governor, ruler, minister, functionary, official, officer, (and generally) one invested with power or authority.
Proprietor, owner, master, heir.
Agent, deputy; one who possesses a right, title, or privilege.

अगर agar

If, if so be, in case, in the event of.

आगे āgē

Ahead, in front of, before; in future.

अगला aglā

Foremost, first, chief, principal.
Prior, previous, preceding, former, anterior.
Late, recent, belonging to the past, old.
Coming, approaching, next, subsequent, forthcoming, future.

ऐसा aisā

Such, of this type.

आज āj

Today.

आजकल ājkal

Nowadays, these days.

आकर्षण ākarṣhaṇ

Attraction, charm, allurement.

आकर्षित ākarṣhit

Attracted, charmed, allured.

अकेला akēlā

Single, lonely, lonesome, solitary.

अल्पकाल alpkāl

Short term.

अमृतवेला amr̥itvēlā

The time of nectar, the hour before dawn, the hour suitable for meditation or prayer.
(Sikhism) the hour before sunrise between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(Bābā) The time of amr̥t, the time of nectar, time of daily meditation after waking up, set from 4:00 a.m. to 4:45 a.m., when the atmosphere is very pure and Baba specially fills a soul with all powers, but perhaps at any time between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.

अमूल्य amūlya

Priceless, invaluable.

आना ānā

To come.

अन्दर andar

In, inside, within.

अंधकार andhkār

Darkness; gloom.

अनेक anēk

'not one'. Many, several, various, much, abundant.

आंख āṅkh

Eye.
Sight.
Look, glance, regard, observation.
Discernment, judgment, sense.

अन्तर्मुखी antarmukhī

Introverted.

अनुभव anubhav

Experience.

अनुसार anusār

According to, in conformity with.

आप āp

You (to a superior, a stranger, his father).
(reflective pronoun) Self, himself, oneself, yourself, themselves...

अपवित्रता apavitratā

Uncleanness, impurity; unholiness.

अपना apnā

Reflexive possessive pronoun and adjective : my, mine, myself, your, yours, yourself, etc.

अपनाना apnānā

To (treat as one's) own.
To adopt.
To appropriate.

आराम ārām

Rest, comfort, relief.

अर्थ arth

Meaning.
Import, sense.
Wealth, money.
For, for the sake of.

अर्थात् arthāt

That is, that is to say, namely (viz.).

आश, आशा āśh, āśhā

Hope, expectation.
Wish, desire.

अशान्त aśhānt

Restless, agitated, unquiet, disturbed, perturbed.

अशान्ति aśhānti

Restlessness, anxiety.

अशुद्ध aśhuddh

Impure.
Corrupt (as language or style).
Erroneous, inaccurate, incorrect, wrong.

आत्मा ātmā

The soul, the spirit, the self.

attention

Attention.

और aur

And.
Else.
Other.

औरों aurō̃

(The) others.

अवस्था avasthā

Condition, state, age, stage, phase.

आवश्यकता āvaśhyaktā

Necessity, need, requirement.

आवाज़ āvāz

Sound, noise.
Voice, tone.
Echo.
Shout, call, cry.
Report, fame.

अविनाशी avināśhī

Indestructible, imperishable, everlasting, immortal, entire.

अव्यक्त avyakt

Not manifest, not apparent, imperceptible, indistinct.

अव्यक्त-बापदादा avyakt-bāpdādā

Avyakt Bāpdādā, the unmanifest Father and big brother, the unmanifest father and Grandfather. (only the body of Dadi Gulzar could be seen in which Bāpdādā the two souls Śiv and Brahmā enter to speak)

बाबा bābā

Father.

बच्चा bachchā

Child, kid, baby, infant.
Inexperienced, raw, of unripe age.

बधाई badhāī

Congratulations, felicitations, greetings.

बहुत bahut

Many, much.
Very.

बैठना baiṭhnā

To sit, to squat, to occupy a seat, to settle, to board, to mount.

बाकी bākī

Remaining, left over, remainder, balance, arrears, subtraction.

बाकी bākī

But if.., but, nevertheless.

balance

Balance.

बनाना banānā

To make, to construct, to compose, to build, to prepare, to make ready, to form.
To pull somebody's leg, to patch up, to develop a good equation with.
To befool.

बनना bannā

To become, be, change, belong (with a possessive pronoun or a noun in the genitive case).

बाप bāp

Father.

बाप समान bāp samān

Similar, identical, equal to the Father.

बापदादा bāpdādā

Bāp and Dādā.
The Father Śhiv and the elder brother Brahmā,
The father Brahmā and the Grandfather Śhiv.

बड़ा baṛā

Big, large, great, huge, important, commodious, expansive.
Noble, reputed.
Elder, elderly, senior.
Grown up.
Rich.
adv. Very, exceedingly.

बढ़ाना baṛhānā

To increase, to multiply.
To extend, to raise.
To cause to progress, to cause to grow, to cause to prosper.
To advance.
To magnify.
To exaggerate.
To push ahead.
To extinguish (as a lamp).
To close (as a shop).

बढ़ना baṛhnā

To increase, to multiply, to grow, to progress, to advance.

बस bas

Enough.
Ample, very much, too much.
And so; in short, in a word.
Only, merely.
Enough! stop! that's all! that'll do!

बात bāt

A matter, topic, subject, concern, fact, thing.

भाग्य bhāgya

Fortune, fate, luck, destiny.

भाई bhāī

Brother.

भाना bhānā

To be liked.
To be agreeable, to be pleasing, to be appealing.

भरना bharnā

To fill, to refill.

भव bhav

(imperative of 'to be', 'to become' in Sanskrit) Just become.
(Bābā) The word introduces a blessing 'May you be...' placed at the beginning in English but at the end in Hindi.

भविष्य bhaviṣhya

Future; what has yet to be, what will be, the future.

भी bhī

Inclusive emphatic particle: too, also, even.

भोपाल bhōpāl

Bhopal (the state capital of Madhya Pradesh, India).
Bhopal (a district of Madhya Pradesh, India, containing the city of the same name).

भूल bhūl

Forgetfulness, oversight, neglect, negligence, omission, failure, miss, slip, mistake, error, blunder, fault.

भूलना bhūlnā

To forget.

बीच bīch

Middle, centre.

बीज bīj

Seed, kernel. Source, origin, primary cause.

बिना binā

Without, exclusive of, wanting, except (it may often be conveniently rendered by the Eng. neg. prefixes un-, in, or by the affix -less).

बिन्दु bindu

Point, dot.
Zero.
Spot.
(in Indian dramaturgy) a point in drama where a minor episode begins to take shape.
A drop.
Bull's eye (in shooting).

बोलना bōlnā

To speak, to utter, to pronounce.
To bid.

ब्रह्मा brahmā

(Hinduism) Brahmā or the Supreme Being regarded as a person, the first deity of the Hindū triad and the Creator of the World.
(Bābā) The first human being in which the Supreme Being descends to give the knowledge allowing us to free ourselves from our bonds of karma.

ब्राह्मण brāhmaṇ

(Hinduism) The first of the four castes in traditional Hindu social hierarchy whose main duty, as prescribed, was to study, to teach, to perform yagya and to subsist through alms.
(Brahma Kumaris) The mouth born child of Brahma.

बुद्धि buddhi

The intelligent mind that thinks, observes its thoughts, sets a goal, imbibes knowledge or beliefs and judges what is right or not, what conforms to its purpose or not. This mind grows until an adult age.

चाहे chāhē

Either, or (usually repeated).
चाहे ... चाहे, either ... or; whether ... or.

चाहना chāhnā

To wish, to want, to like, to love, to be fond of, to crave for, to desire, to require.

चक्र लगाना chakra lagānā

To take rounds, to go around, to revolve, to whirl; to swirl.

चक्र, चक्कर chakra, chakkar

Circle, disc.
Cycle, circular movement, rotation, revolution, circumambulation, round.
(Sanskrit) The royal wheel, badge of sovereignty.
(Sanskrit) Region, country; sovereignty.
myth. Flaming disc, solar weapon of Viṣṇu.

चलन chalan

Vogue.
Usage, custom.
Conduct.

चलना chalnā

Continue.

चमक chamak

Glitter, brilliance, splendour, flash, gleam.

चारों ओर chārō̃ ōr

On all sides, all around, everywhere.

चेहरा chēhrā

Face, countenance, mask, front.

centre

Centre.

chance

Chance.

छोटा chhōṭā

Small, little, short, young, petty, subordinate, junior, insignificant.

circumstance

Circumstance.

class

Class.

control

Control.

controlling power

Controlling power.

डरना ḍarnā

To be afraid, be frightened, be daunted, to fear, dread.

देखना dēkhnā

To see, to look, to view, to perceive, to observe.
To consider.
To experience.

देना dēnā

To give.

देश dēśh

Country, land, native home, region, space.

धरना dharnā

To hold, to keep; to possess; to assume (as powers), to obtain; to fix, to determine (as a time); to suspend (as an undertaking); to hold (as an opinion).
To seize; to detain; to restrain; to check, to counter (a stratagem, &c.).
To place, to put; to deposit; to pawn; to stake (a wager).
To put on, to apply; to wear.
To apply (as the mind, or ear).

धरनी dharnī

The earth, globe.
Earth, soil, land, ground.
A beam.

दिखाई देना dikhāī dēnā

To show oneself (or itself, &c.), to come in sight, to appear, to be visible or apparent, to be seen.

दिल dil

Heart, courage, spirit, will.

दिलाना dilānā

To cause to be given, to cause to be handed over.

दिन din

A day (comprised of twenty-four hours from sunrise to sunrise).
A day (extending from sunrise to sunset), daytime.
Time(s).

दिनचर्या dincharyā

Daily routine.
Daily observance of bk rules throughout the day.

direction

Direction.

दिव्य divya

Divine, heavenly, celestial, supernatural, magical, wonderful.

दो dō

Two, 2.

double

Double.

drama

Drama.
(Bābā) Film (which repeats itself identically unlike a play).
(Bābā) The Great Drama of life lasting 5000 years which revolves eternally. Human beings are the actors: souls occupying a costume or body. The sun, moon and stars are the lighting of the stage. The part of each person is inscribed in the soul and cannot be modified, which makes the Drama predestined.

दृढ़ dr̥iṛh

Firm, resolute, strong-willed.
Strong.
Tough, hard.
Rigid, tenacious.

दृढ़ता dr̥iṛhtā

Fixedness, firmness, hardness, solidity, strength.
Steadiness, perseverance.
Confirmation, corroboration.
Firmness, resoluteness.

दुःख duḥkh

Sorrow, unhappiness, suffering, grief, distress.

दुःखी duḥkhī

Sorrowful, sad, unhappy, grief-stricken, afflicted, woeful.

दुःखना duḥkhnā

To pain, to ache, to smart, to throb.
To feel pity or compassion (for).
To feel compunction or remorse.

दुलार dulār

Fondness, love, affection.

दुनिया duniyā

World.
The present world, the present life or state of existence.
The people of this world, people.
Worldly enjoyments or blessings, worldly goods, the good things of this life, wealth, riches.

दूर dūr

Distant, remote.
Removed (as a difficulty).
(prefix) Distant; tele-.
Far, far off.
Distance, remoteness.

दूसरा dūsrā

Second.
Other, another.
Next.

द्वारा dvārā

By, through, through the medium of, through the agency of, by means of, with.

earth

Earth.

एक ēk

One, 1, a, single, alone.
The number one.
The One, the Number One. God. There is only one God (Supreme Being) but many gods and goddesses (golden age deities).

example

Example.

eye

Eye.

फ़र्क fark

Difference, distinction, distance.

fast

Fast.

father

Father.

फ़ायदा fāydā

Advantage, gain, profit, benefit, utility, use, good result.

fix

To fix.

force

Force.

foreign

Foreign.
Abroad.

free

Free.

full stop

Full stop.

गीता gītā

(Hinduism) The Bhagvadgītā which contains the celebrated discourse of Lord Kr̥ṣṇa directed to Arjun, the stupefied hero of the Mahābhārat.
(Bābā) The true Gītā is the murlī.

group

Group.

गुह्य guhya

Requiring, or able to be, hidden.
Secret, mysterious; esoteric.

गुलाब gulāb

A rose.

ज्ञान gyān

Knowledge directly taught by God.

हजूर hajūr

Your honour, your majesty, your lordship !
Sir !
Gracious presence.

हलचल halchal

Commotion, hustle.
Agitation, movement.

हल्का halkā

Light, cheap, thin, faint.

हम ham

We.
(rustic form) I.

हर एक har ēk

Each, every.
Each one, everybody.

हाथ hāth

The hand, the wrist, the pulse.
Hand, member (of a work team).
A hand (at cards).
Hand, contribution (in some activity).
Handle, arm (of a chair).

हाथ उठाना hāth uṭhānā

To raise your hand.

हज़ार hazār

Thousand, 1000.

हाज़िर hāzir

Present, ready.

ही hī

Emphatic particle with a sense of exclusion : only.

हिम्मत himmat

Courage, boldness.

हिसाब hisāb

Arithmetic, account, calculation, rate.
Manner, custom.
(Bābā) Account.

होना hōnā

To be.
To happen, to occur.
To exist.
To be born.

in

In.

इशारा iśhārā

Sign, signal, hint, indication, gesture.

इसलिए isliē

On this account, for this reason, hence, therefore.

इतना itnā

As much as this, this much; so much, so many.

जब jab

(Relative pronoun) When.

जगत जीत jagat jīt

Conqueror of the world, conqueror of the universe.

जहाँ jahā̃

Where, wherever.

जैसा jaisā

Similar to, like, resembling, as, such as.

जमा jamā

Collected, deposited.
Deposit, credit, accumulation, sum-total.

जमा करना jamā karnā

To collect, to accumulate, to amass, to gather together, to assemble, to heap, to store up, to lay by.
To add together, to add up, to sum up.
To deposit, to credit, to carry to credit or account.

जमाना jamānā

To freeze, to solidify, to make firm, to harden, to make coagulate.
To establish, to settle.
To make sit for a long time.
To fix.
To make take root.
To make effective.

जमना jamnā

To freeze, to solidify, to become firm or hard, to clot.
To be established, to be settled, to settle, to have a prolonged sitting, to sit for long, to be fixed, to take root.
To be effective.

जाना jānā

To go, to depart, to lose, to flow.

जन्मना janamnā

To be born.

जन्म janm

Birth, origin, genesis.
Life, existence.

जानना jānnā

To know, to become aware of, to perceive.

जितना jitnā

As much as, as many, how much, however much.

जो jō

Relative pronoun (without distinction of gender or number): who, that, which, what. Can be coupled with vah creating an identity relationship between the two terms of two propositions in the sentence.

ज्यादा jyādā

More, -er (also used in comparatives and superlatives).
Additional; superfluous, redundant; too much, excessive.
Superfluously; excessively, &c.
Many, much, plenty.

ज्यादा में ज्यादा jyādā mē̃ jyādā

Too much, overmuch.
At the greatest or highest, at the very most.

K

The letter K of our alphabet (used as an initial in acronyms).

का kā

का denotes one of the under-mentioned relations between a Noun or a Pronoun and another Noun which follows the former. If the Noun that follows is Feminine (singular or plural), का changes to की; if it is Masculine and Plural, or has an oblique form, का changes to के.

  • Possession and relationship.
  • Material or composition.
  • Worth and measure (space or time).
  • Source, origin, cause.
  • Subject (doer of an act).
  • Object (of an activity).
  • Part of a whole.
  • Purpose.
  • Characteristic.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

कभी kabhī

Sometime, ever.

कदम kadam

Step, pace, footstep.

कहाँ kahā̃

Interrogative pronominal adverb : Where ?

कहाँ न कहाँ kahā̃ na kahā̃

Indefinite repetitive form of कहाँ kahā̃ (where) : somewhere or other.

कहना kahnā

Say.

कई kaī

Several, sundry, divers, some, some few.

कैसा kaisā

(interrogative adjective and adverb of manner) What-like, what sort of, what kind or manner of, in what manner, how, by what means.

कल्प kalp

(Hinduism) Great cosmological cycle of creation, where the material Universe is created, degrades and is annihilated during the kalpānta.
(Hinduism) Cosmological period of one day (half-day) of Brahmā, duration of a creation of the Universe, worth 1000 great eras [mahāyuga] (approximately 4.32 billion years); each kalpa consists of 14 eras of Manu [manvantara].
(Bābā) Great cosmological cycle of creation, where the material Universe is created in its state of maximum purity, degrades and is then destroyed and recreated (transformation and not annihilation).
(Bābā) cosmological period of one day (paradise for 2500 years) and one night (hell for 2500 years) of Brahmā, duration of a creation of the Universe, worth 5000 years.

कम kam

Less (also used in comparisons).
Little, few, scanty, short, small, deficient.
Rarely, seldom.

काम kām

Work, task, job, employment, performance, function.

काम kām

Passion, lust.
Desire.

काफी kāphī

Enough, sufficient, adequate.

कारण kāraṇ

Reason, cause.
Agency, instrument.
For the reason, because (of, -ke), on account (of), for the sake (of), &c.

कर्मेन्द्रिय karmēndriy

(Hinduism) One of the five 'organs of action' : the hand, foot, larynx, and organs of generation and excretion.
(Bābā) One of the 10 faculties or organs of interaction: 5 for the sensory faculties and 5 for the action faculties. The use of these 10 faculties creates karma. Hence the name karmēndriy “faculty or organ of karma”.

करना karnā

To do.
Also used after a transitive English verb to conjugate.

कार्य kārya

Action, act, activity.
Work, task, duty, function, role.
Occupation.
Business, matter (in hand), agenda.

कौन kaun

interrogative pronoun. Who

के आगे kē āgē

In front of, ahead of, before.

के बाद kē bād

After.

के लिए kē liē

For, for the sake of.

के पास kē pās

Near to.
Belonging to (genitive marker).
To have (used with the verb hōnā to be).

के प्रति kē prati

Towards.

के साथ kē sāth

With, along with, in the company of, in company with, in connection with.
We will replace kē with a possessive pronoun mērē (mine), tērē (yours), etc. to say "with me", "with you".

के ऊपर kē ūpar

On, upon.
Above.

key

Key.

खजाना khajānā

Treasure.
Treasury, repository.

ख़त्म ḵẖatm

Ended, completed, concluded.

खिलाना khilānā

To feed.

खिलना khilnā

To blossom, to bloom.

खुद khud

Self (myself, himself, itself, &c.).
Own, private, personal.

खुराक khurāk

Food, provisions.
Daily rations.
partic. type of food (of a person), diet.
Single dose (of medicine).

खुश khuśh

Happy, pleased.
Good.

खुशी khuśhī

Joy, delight, happiness.

खुशखबरी khuśhkhabarī

Glad tidings, good news.

कि ki

That (to report indirect speech, example he says that).

कीमती kīmatī

Precious, costly, valuable.

किरण kiraṇ

A ray (of light), beam, sunbeam, moonbeam.

कितना kitnā

(interrogative) How much, how many.
(exclamative) So, so much, so many.

को kō

को is used for denoting:

  • A Person who 'does' something involuntarily (such as—like, dislike, remember, be injured, be offended, suffer, feel, enjoy, receive, happen, to have, to meet, to know, to see or to hear, or to do something under compulsion, requirement, necessity, obligation, etc.).
  • An Animate Object, provided it denotes a particular being.
  • The object of a Verb in the Neutral Construction.
  • Every Secondary Object (which is usually animate).
  • The Object of a Verb requiring a predicative word (referring to the object).
  • Nouns denoting time when used adverbially.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

कोई kōī

Some, any, someone, anyone.

कोई भी kōī bhī

Anyone, someone, any.

कुछ kuchh

Something; anything.
A little, some.
fig. sthg. particular.
Some; any.
A few.
Somewhat, a little, at all.

क्या kyā

Interrogative pronoun What? for an open question.
Interrogative adjective What?, Which? (if followed by a name).
Interrogative pronoun for a closed question (yes/no type).

क्यों kyō̃

Why.

क्योंकि kyōṅki

Because, since.

लगाना lagānā

To engage, to employ.
To attach, to join, to connect.
To plant.
To apply.
To affix.
To make someone hang around.
To levy.
To touch.
To invest.
To paste, to stick.
To set, to fix.
To shut, to close.
To keep.
To backbite.
To inflame.
To add.

last

Last.

लेकिन lēkin

But, but still, on the other hand, however, notwithstanding, nevertheless, yet.

लेना lēnā

To take.

लिए liē

For, with a view to, for the sake of, on account of.
Taking, carrying, bearing.

लिखना likhnā

To write, to enter, register, record, inscribe, note, compose (a work), enter (in a book).

लोग log

A man.
People, public.
Placed after the pronoun ham (we), tum (you or you) or āp (you) grammatically plural to remove ambiguity on the number of people (at least 2 people)

मदद madad

Help, assistance, aid, support, relief, reinforcement, hands (as labourers, masons, etc.).

मधुबन madhuban

(Hinduism) 'The forest of the demon Madhu,' near the Yamuna river (where Śhatru-ghna, after killing Lavaṇa, son of Madhu, founded the city of Madhurā or Mathurā, the city where Kr̥iṣhṇa was born, where God was incarnated).
(Bābā) Place where the seat of the Brahma Kumaris is located where the Supreme Being has descended on numerous occasions (in the body of Brahmā, then of Dadi Gulzar).

मग्न magna

Absorbed, engrossed, engaged, busy, immersed, drowned.
Glad, happy, delighted.

महत्व mahatva

Importance.
Significance.
Greatness.
Magnitude.

मैं maĩ

I. (personal pronoun)

मक्खन makkhan

Butter.

मालिक mālik

Master, employer, owner, lord (as landlord), proprietor.
Husband.

मन man

The instinctive mind that creates thoughts according to its desires or aversions. Faculty of human beings shared with animals and small children.
Thought in the form of desire or aversion.

मन-बुद्धि-संस्कार man-buddhi-sanskār

Man, buddhi and sanskār.
The mind (the mind that has thoughts, that desires), the intellect (the mind that reflects) and the imprints (character traits formed in the soul innate and acquired).

मनन manan

Meditation, contemplation, brooding, pondering or thinking deeply over something.

मनजीत manjīt

Conqueror of the mind. One who subjects to his will the instinctive part of the mind, that is, its thoughts, desires and aversions.

मन्सा mansā

Mental, born of the mind.
Mentally, through the mind.

मनुष्य manuṣhya

A man, a human being.

मस्तक mastak

The head, the skull, the forehead.
Top or highest part (of anything), summit (of a mountain).

में mē̃

में is used for denoting :

  • Location or presence (of something) in or within something.
  • Duration.
  • Price.
  • Comparison with reference to more than two, or difference.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

मेहनत mēhnat

Labour, hard work, toil.
Industry, application.
Exercise.

मिलना milnā

To meet, to encounter, to be mixed, to be mingled, to unite, to merge, to tally, to conform, to obtain, to get, to acquire, to be acquired, to beget, to embrace, to form an alliance.

मिसल misāl

Like.
Example.

मीठा mīṭhā

Sweet, pleasant.
Sweetmeat, jaggery.

मुबारक mubārak

Congratulations. Best wishes.

मुख mukh

The mouth, beak, snout, muzzle.
Face, countenance.
Front, fore-part.
Opening, aperture, entrance, exit.
Commencement.

मुक्त mukt

Free, liberated, delivered.
In particular freed from the bonds of attachment to the world.

मूल्य mūlya

Cost, price, worth, value.

मूर्ति, मूर्त mūrti, mūrt

Idol, statue, image.

न na

Not (subjunctive or imperative).
Na .. na, Neither .. nor.
Repetitive Compounds of indefinite Pronouns, and of Adverbs formed from them are made by placing the Negative particle between the two words. These Compounds have a pronounced indefinite force. (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi - Appendice III 5-j)

ना nā

Emphatic particle at the end of the sentence: no?, isn't it?
No.

नहीं nahī̃

No.
Not.

नया nayā

New, novel, fresh, unused, green, recent, modern, raw, inexperienced, young.

नयन, नैन nayan, nain

Eye.

ने nē

A postposition denoting the subject (ergative case that is to say with a past participle).

नीचे nīchē

Below, under, beneath, at the bottom, down, below.

निकलना nikalnā

To come out, to get out, to emerge, to rise, to ooze out, to proceed, to emanate, to appear, to be extracted, to be deduced, to be solved, to issue or be issued, to be published, to slink away.

निर्विघ्न nirvighna

Unobstructed, uninterrupted, untroubled, secure from impediments.
Unobstructedly, freely, securely.

निश्चय niśhchay

Confidence, faith, certainty.

निवारण nivāraṇ

Prevention.
Removal (of a fault, a weakness); cure (of an illness).
Exclusion.
(Bābā) Solution.

नम्बरवार number-wār

In order, orderly.
According to his rank, his position.

ओम् शान्ति ōm śhānti

(Hinduism) Om! Peace! Peace! Peace! (Shanti Mantra or hindu prayer for peace in the Upanishads)
Me the soul ! Peace !
I am Peace !
Hello, good morning, good afternoon, good evening (greeting between bk)

पदम padam

A lotus-flower and its plant.
A particular high number, ten trillions (according to the Śāstras), or one thousand trillions (according to the Dasturuʼl-ʻamal or royal ordinances of Akbar).

पहले pahlē

First, first of all, in the beginning, in olden times, originally, before, beforehand.

पहुँचाना pahuñchānā

To cause to reach, to reach.
To carry.
To transmit, to convey.
To lead.

पहुंचना pahuñchnā

To reach, to arrive.

पंख paṅkh

Feather.
Wing, pinion.

पांव pāṅw

Foot, leg.

paper

Paper.
(Bābā) Test in life (test given by Drama allowing us to check our level, to see if we have studied well and assimilated what God teaches us)

पर par

Opposite, inimical, other, alien, higher.

पर par

पर denotes :

  • Location or position on or upon or at something.
  • Point of time at which an action takes place.
  • Sequence of actions of happenings.
  • Cause or reason.
  • Objects of (compound) Verbs signifying mercy, faith, confidence, anger etc.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

परिवार parivār

Family, household.

परिवर्तन parivartan

Change, alteration, variation.
Exchange (of objects, goods); conversion (of funds, currency).
Transformation.

पड़ना paṛnā

To fall, to fall down, to drop.
To lie (down).
To occur, to befall.
To be involved; to be hit.
(Following the uninflected infinitive of another verb, paṛnā, like honā, signifies 'have to,' 'must'; e.g. usko jāne paṛā, 'he had to go'; — annexed to the base of some neuter verbs it forms intensives, as gir-paṛnā, 'to fall down'; — annexed to the base of a transitive verb it has generally the sense of honā, as dekh paṛnā, 'to be seen,' 'to become visible').

पसन्द pasand

Liking, choice, taste, preference.
Approval.
Approved, liked.

पता patā

Address, whereabouts, information, knowledge.

पाठशाला pāṭhśhālā

A school (esp. a primary school).
A Sanskrit school.
A room for reading or studying.

पवित्र pavitr

Holy, sacred, pure.

पवित्रता pavitratā

Holiness, sanctity, purity.

percentage

Percentage.

फल phal

Fruit (from a tree).
(fig.) Fruit, reward, return, effect, outcome, result, consequence, product.

फिर phir

Then, again, afterwards, thereafter, in future, a second time.

फिर भी phir bhī

Notwithstanding, even then, in spite of that.

फिरना phirnā

To turn.
To wander, to ramble, to walk about, to go round.

photo

Photo, photograph.

plan

Plan.

point

Point.

practical

Practical.

प्रकृति prakr̥iti

Original form or state.
Nature, character, temperament.
Nature, the natural world.
(philosophy) A force or principle evolving the material world.

प्रकृतिजीत prakr̥itijīt

Conqueror of nature, conqueror of matter.

प्रालब्ध prālabdh

Predestination, destiny, fortune, fate, lot, venture, chance.
(Bābā) Destiny resulting from actions performed in a previous birth (fruit of karma).

प्रमाण pramāṇ

According to or conformably with.
Proof, evidence; verification; warrant.
Evidence (as to a matter).

प्राप्त prāpt

Got, obtained; procured, acquired.

प्राप्ति prāpti

Obtaining, acquisition; attainment (to a goal, a level); fulfilment (of a request).
Gain, advantage; income.
Receipt (of a letter, &c.); reception (of guests).

प्रातःमुरली prātaḥmurlī

Early morning Murlī.

programme

Programme.
(Bābā) Event.

पूछना pūchhnā

To enquire, to ask, to investigate, to interrogate, to question.

पुरुषार्थ puruṣhārth

Human effort or exertion; valour; industry.
An object of human pursuit.
(Hinduism) The four basic aims of human existence (viz. dharm discharge of duty; arth acquirement of wealth; kām gratification of desire; mokṣha final emancipation).
(Bābā) The effort made by the soul to attain perfection.
(Bābā) Spiritual effort. The effort made for the sake (arth) of development of the soul (puruṣh). This effort includes the steps we take for attaining the perfect state of our original and eternal self.

पुरूषार्थी purūṣhārthī

Diligent, industrious.
Valorous, heroic.
Who makes a personal effort, who has a goal.

पुष्प puṣhp

Flower.

प्यार pyār

Love, affection, amour, amorous relationship.

रहना rahnā

To remain, to stay.

राजा rājā

King, monarch, prince.

राज्य rājya

Kingdom, rule, reign, polity, the state.

राज्य अधिकारी rājya adhikārī

King, ruler, governor, one who has the right to rule.

रखना rakhnā

To put, to place, to keep, to possess, to have, to employ, to appoint.

रात rāt

Night.

रेखा rēkhā

Line, lineament, mark, furrow.
Lines on the palm of the hand or the forehead, fate, destiny.

result

Result.

रोशनी rōśhnī

Light, brightness, splendour; illumination.
Brightness or clearness (of vision), sight (of the eye).
A lamp kept burning at a Moḥammadan tomb or shrine.

ruling power

Ruling power.

रूप rūp

Rūp, the one who smiles while making the flowers of virtues emerge from his lips. He is the embodiment of Yoga.
Form, shape, appearance, aspect, image, beauty, good looks, mould, type.

सब sab

All, entire, whole, total.
Every.
All people, everybody, the whole.

सबका sabkā

(genitive case of sab) Of everyone.

सबसे sabsē

(superlative) Of all, the most.

सच्चा sachchā

True, genuine, real.
Truthful, sincere, loyal, faithful.

सदा sadā

Always, perpetually, continually, ever.

साधन sādhan

The act of accomplishing, or achieving, processing.
An accomplishment, achievement, solution, realization.
Means, medium; expedient.
Appliance(s), equipment, device, an implement.
Resource(s).
(bābā) Material things, comforts, facilities.

साधारण sādhāraṇ

Ordinary, simple, common, commonplace, usual, moderate.

सहज sahaj

Easy, simple.
Spontaneous, straightforward, ingenuous.
Innate, natural, congenital.

सहारा sahārā

Support, backing, aid, succour. A strut.

सहयोगी sahyōgī

Colleague, co-worker.
Co-operating.
Co-operative.

सकना saknā

To can, to be able to.

साक्षी sākṣhī

A witness, deponent.
Evidence, testimony.
(Bābā) A spectator, an observer.

शक्ति śhakti

Power, strength, potency, energy.
Name of the goddess personifying divine power.
The energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife (as Gaurī of Śhiv, Lakṣhmī of viṣhṇu, &c.)
(Brahma kumaris) Sister, mother.
Śhiv Śhakti, the powers of Śhiv. In Bhakti they are portrayed as goddesses sitting on a lion, swan, lotus etc. They are symbolic of the victory over vices (demons). As power of Śhiv, brothers are Śhiv Śhakti too.

शक्तिशाली śhaktiśhālī

Who possesses power or strength, powerful, strong.

समाचार samāchār

News; information.

समाधान samādhān

(hindi) Solution (of a problem, etc.)
(sanskrit) Fixing the mind in abstract contemplation (as on the true nature of spirit), religious abstraction (as practised by Hindūs), restraining the senses by confining the mind to contemplation, profound absorption or contemplation, religious meditation; intentness, eagerness.

समझना samajhnā

To understand.

समान samān

Equal, equivalent, similar, alike, identical, tantamount.

समाप्त samāpt

Finished, ended, concluded, terminated, completed.

समस्या samasyā

Problem.

समय samay

Time.
Period.
Times, timings.
Occasion.
Leisure.
A convention.

सम्मान sammān

Respect, honour, prestige.

संपन्न sampann

Prosperous, rich, well-off.
Completed, accomplished.
(suffix) Equipped, provided, endowed with, abundantly endowed with, possessed of (as of wealth, learning).

सम्पूर्ण sampūrṇ

Whole, entire, complete, perfect.

सन्देश sandēśh

Message.

संगम saṅgam

Confluence, union, meeting.

संगमयुग saṅgamyug

The age of meeting. The fifth age of the cycle allowing the transition from the Iron Age to the Golden Age. The age when human beings can know, meet, remember and learn from God to become deities and go to heaven.

संकल्प saṅkalp

Determination, resolve, resolution, will.
Mind, thought, idea.
(Bābā) Thought, idea.
(Bābā) Right idea, pure thought (śuddha khyāl)

संसार saṅsār

Cycle of births or states, transmigration.
The world, the universe.
Life in this world, worldly concerns, illusion as to worldly reality.
(Bābā) The corporeal world in which one reincarnates.

संस्कार saṅskār

Perfecting, finishing; refining; adorning.
An inborn power or faculty; instinct.
Influence, impress (of nurture).
A concept, idea.
(Hinduism) Any of various essential sanctifying or purificatory rites (as the first taking of solid food, investiture with the sacred thread, marriage and funeral rites).
(Bābā) Impression or imprint of the state of mind. There are the innate saṅskār, inherent to the soul and the acquired saṅskār. When the soul does an action, an acquired saṅskār is formed. This saṅskār then incites us to the same action (with the same state of mind) in similar circumstances for example. Character traits are saṅskār. These saṅskār are part of the soul and not the body as many believe. They therefore accumulate over several lives.

शान्तिवन śhāntivan

The name of one of the complexes of the Brahma kumaris (forest of peace) near Abu, State Rajastan.

साफ sāph

Clean, clear, undefiled.
Plain, frank, categorical, forthright, straightforward.
Processed, refined.
Distinct.
Unscathed.
Openly, frankly, plainly, fully, clearly, cleverly.

सफल saphal

Successful, effective, fruitful.

सफलता saphaltā

Success, achievement.

सारा sārā

All, the whole, whole, entire, complete, universal.

सर्व sarv

All ; whole, entire, complete.

साथ sāth

With, together, along with.
Company, association.

साथी sāthī

Companion, comrade, associate, attendant, follower; ally, accomplice, supporter.

सतोप्रधान satōpradhān

(Bābā) The highest level of purity, fullness and perfection; stage of golden age.

सवेरा savērā

The early morning, dawn.

से sē

से is used for denoting :

  • The Subject of a Verb in the passive and impersonal voices.
  • The indirect Objects (which are usually persons) of the Verbs meaning 'to tell, say, ask, ask for, beg, demand, claim, request’.
  • Means, instrument or agency.
  • Manner.
  • Cause, reason, origin.
  • Association, antagonism.
  • Separation or keeping away from.
  • Starting point (place or time).
  • Duration (with reference to a continuous 'action' of present or past).
  • Difference and comparison between two persons or things.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)

season

Season.
(Bābā) Meeting time with Bāpdādā (October to March through Dadi Gulzar).

second

Second.

service

Service.

सेवा sēvā

Service.
(Bābā) Selfless use of our mind, body and wealth for the benefit of the world.

सेवाकेन्द्र sēvākēndra

Service centre.

सितारा sitārā

A star.
Fortune, fate, destiny.

शिव śhiv

Beneficial, favorable, auspicious, salutary.
Well-being, prosperity, happiness.
(Hinduism) Confused with Śhaṅkar. Name of the third god of the Hindū triad, the Deity in the character of producer or destroyer (Śhiv's most distinctive function is to preside over the dissolution of the world at the end of each aeon in order that it may be created anew), or Time personified.
(Hinduism) The phallic or pillar emblem of Śhiv.
(Bābā) The name of the Supreme Being The Auspicious, the Good, the Well-being, etc. who does his work of Creation, Sustainment and Destruction of the World through the trimūrti Brahmā, Viṣhṇu and Śhaṅkar three subtle deities created by God in the subtle world.
(Bābā) The Seed of the Human World Tree.
(Bābā) The Point. He is the Supreme Soul and therefore has the shape of a point like any soul. As He is incorporeal, it was represented with the shape of a pillar or, more anciently, an egg. The degradation of devotion has led Hindus to see it as a phallic representation symbolizing the Creator role of God and others to transgress the rules of Hindu conduct (left path tantra) where sexuality is permitted and revered as a divine activity.

शिव शक्ति śhiv śhakti

The goddess, incarnation of God’s might.
Soul receiving God’s power through yoga.

शिवबाबा śhivbābā

The Father Śiv.

slogan

Slogan.

स्मृति smr̥iti

Memory, remembrance.
Books of traditional code of Hindu law.

स्नेह snēh

Love, affection.
Oil, oily substance.

स्नेही snēhī

A lover.
Loving, affectionate.

सोचना sōchnā

To think, to reflect, to ponder over, to consider.

सोना sōnā

To sleep.

सोना sōnā

Gold, an excellent thing.

श्रेष्ठ śhrēṣhṭha

The best, good, excellent, superior.

सृष्टि sr̥iṣhṭi

Creation.
The world.

स्थान sthān

Place, spot, site.

स्थिति sthiti

Position, situation, state, condition, stage, phase.

स्थूल sthūl

Bulky, fat.
Gross, coarse; undifferentiated; outward, apparent.
Crude, rough, gross.
Dense, stupid.
philos. Tangible, material (as opposed to sūkṣma, subtle).
(Bābā) Tangible, material.

शुभ śhubh

Auspicious, good.
The good, well-being.

सुख sukh

Happiness, pleasure, comfort, felicity, contentment.

सुखमय sukhmay

Consisting of happiness, full of joy or pleasure, blissful, joyous.

सुनाना sunānā

To cause to hear, to relate, to read out, to recite, to pronounce.

सुनना sunnā

To hear, to listen, to pay heed.
Hearing, audition.

स्व sva

Self.
One's own, proper (to one), personal.
Innate, natural.
Self-, auto-

स्वच्छ svachchh

Clean, clear, neat, pure, transparent.

स्वप्न-मात्र svapna-mātra

Only in dreams.

स्वराज्य अधिकारी svarājya adhikārī

Self-sovereign, self-governor, self-king, self-master. One who controls his mind, his intellect, his sanskars (man-buddhi-sanskār) and his faculties of interaction (karmēndriy).

स्वरूप svarūp

Shape, form.
Appearance.
Character, nature.
(Hinduism) Form assumed by a deity, or by the ultimate being; image, idol.
Of the same nature or character; similar.
(suffix) Having the nature or character (of), by way of, as, amounting to.
(Bābā) Form assumed by the soul; image.

स्वतः svataḥ

By oneself, on one's own.
Of one's own accord or volition.
Involuntarily, automatically.
By nature, naturally.
Self-.

ताकत tākat

Power, force, strength, might.

तख्तनशीन takhtnaśhīn

Enthroned, installed on the throne.

तकलीफ taklīph

Trouble, distress.
Ailment.

तरफ taraph

Side, direction.
Towards.

तरस taras

Pity, compassion, mercy.

teacher

Teacher.

temporary

Temporary.

tension

Tension.

थोड़ा thōṛā

A little, some, meagre, scanty.
Short.

time

Time.

तीव्र tīvr

Strong, intense, sharp, keen, harsh, swift.
Pungent.
Sharp (a musical note).
Ardent, impetuous.
Excessive.
(Bābā) Fast, intense.

तो tō

Then, therefore, moreover.
An emphatic particle (e.g. मैं तो जाऊँगा).
At any rate, however, at least.

too late

Too late.

touch

Touch.

तुम tum

You (between equals).

उमंग umaṅg

Aspiration, gusto, zeal.

उमंग-उत्साह umaṅg-utsāh

Enthusiasm, zeal.

उड़ना uṛnā

To fly.
To fade, to get dim, to vanish.
To explode.

उसका uskā

Genitive case of vah : of him, of her, of that, his, her.

उठाना uṭhānā

To raise, to lift up.
To wake up.
To rent out.
To bear.
To remove.

उठना uṭhnā

To raise.
To get up.
To be rented out.
To pass away, to expire.

वा vā

Or.

वह vah

Third person personal pronoun: he, she, it (and also they).
Distant demonstrative pronoun and adjective: that (and also those).

वहां vahā̃

There.

वैष्णव vaiṣhṇav

Vishnuite, vaishnava, follower of Viṣṇu. They are required to respect the vegetarian diet where meat, fish, eggs, garlic, onion (and also leek, chives), alcohol, tobacco and drugs are prohibited.
(Bābā) One who eats only pure food.
(Bābā) True vaiṣṇav. The one who does not touch anything impure. One who attains complete purity of thoughts, feelings, sanskars, attitudes, actions, relations and of course eats satvic food. He belongs to the Vishnu dynasty.

वाला vālā

A suffix denoting an agent, doer, owner, possessor, keeper or inhabitant : the one of, the one with, the one who.

वाणी vāṇī

Speech, voice.
Saraswati : the goddess of speech.

वरदान vardān

Granting a favor or a wish, blessing.
(Hindu mythology) A blessing, typically a supernatural power, granted to an ascetic by a god or goddess.

वारी vārī

Devoted one.
My life! my darling! my precious one!

वारिस vāris

Heir, successor, legatee.

वर्ष varṣh

Year.

वर्तमान vartamān

Present, existing; current.
The present.

वस्तु vastu

Article, thing, object, substance, material, content.
Action or plot of a drama.

विदेश vidēśh

Foreign country.

विदेशी vidēśhī

Foreign, alien, exotic.
A foreigner, foreign national.

विघ्न vighna

Interruption, interference, meddling, obstacle, disturbance.

विशेष viśhēṣh

Special, specific, particular, distinctive, characteristic, typical.

विशेषता viśhēṣhtā

Speciality, peculiarity, singularity, quality, attribute, characteristic.

वृद्धि vr̥iddhi

Increase, increment, rise, growth, progress, enlargement, augmentation, enhancement, magnification.

व्यर्थ vyarth

Useless, fruitless, futile, ineffective, unprofitable.

या yā

Or, either.

याद रखना yād rakhnā

'to keep the remembrance'. To bear in mind, to keep in memory, to remember.

याद-प्यार yād-pyār

Yād and pyār: remembrance and love, remembrance and affection.

यज्ञ yagya

Sometimes Baba also says that it is the imperishable sacrificial fire of knowledge created by God, Rudra, in which a horse is sacrificed for attaining the kingdom.
The word “yagya” stands for “sacrificial fire” Yagyas are normally conducted for protection against natural calamities, wars, for rain-making etc.
Ashwamedh yagya (where a horse is sacrificed) is mentioned in ancient scriptures A ritual described there is performed by a king (raja) who strives for becoming a great king, or an emperor (maharaja) Before the yagya is conducted, a horse is set loose to roam around wherever it chooses for a few months or a year If the inhabitants of the lands that the horse crosses let it cross their territory without any obstruction, it means they accept the raja’s rule over them In this way the raja becomes a chakravarti raja (literally - the ruler of the entire globe).
In Baba’s murlis the word “yagya” often stands for this Godly University, or this system of giving the knowledge and providing God’s sustenance, created by Baba at the Confluence age Every Baba’s service place is the yagya. Madhuban is often called Mahayagya (the Great Yagya).

यह yah

3rd person personal pronoun, demonstrative pronoun or determiner in a close context : he, she, this (also they, these).

यहाँ yahā̃

Here, hither, in/at this place.

यही yahī

Emphatic form of yah: this very.

योगी yōgī

(One) who practices yōg.

युग yug

An age, epoch, era, period, times.
One of the four ages-viz satyug, trētā, dvāpar, kaliyug - of the world according to Indian tradition.
(Bābā) To which is added the age of the meeting (age of confluence). The 4 previous ages being of equal duration, i.e. 1250 years.

zone

Zone.